--- title: Leonardo DiCaprio Takes a Selfie: Photo description: After delivering a speech on climate change at the UN General Assembly in New York last week, Leo stopped to take a selfie. canonical: https://time.com/4311662/leonardo-dicaprio-selfie/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-28T21:23:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:57.748Z og:title: Leonardo DiCaprio Admiring His Own Selfie Is Perfection og:description: He really is the king of the world og:url: https://time.com/4311662/leonardo-dicaprio-selfie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Leonardo DiCaprio Admiring His Own Selfie Is Perfection twitter:description: He really is the king of the world twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Leonardo DiCaprio Admiring His Own Selfie Is the Best Thing You'll See All Day > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 28, 2016 9:23 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Apr 28, 2016 9:23 PM UTC It’s only April and 2016 has already been a banner year for Leonardo DiCaprio. In the past four months alone, he has won his [long-awaited Academy Award](http://time.com/4238968/leonardo-dicaprio-oscars-reactions/?iid=sr-link3), been named to [TIME’s list of 100 Most Influential People](http://time.com/4298225/leonardo-dicaprio-2016-time-100/?iid=sr-link1) and now, taken the most perfect selfie of all time. > [](https://twitter.com/UN/status/723617085625081856) **Read More:** [Watch Leonardo DiCaprio Finally Win His Oscar](http://time.com/4239786/oscars-2016-leonardo-dicaprio-acceptance-speech-best-actor/?iid=sr-link2) After delivering a speech on climate change at the UN General Assembly in New York last week, the 41-year-old actor stopped to take a selfie in support of December’s [Paris Agreement](http://time.com/4146764/paris-agreement-climate-cop-21/?iid=sr-link1). Luckily, there was also someone there to capture the moment right after he snapped the iconic shot. As Leo glances at the photo, his expression says it all. > [](https://twitter.com/loundonlovers/status/724446980525699072) We hope he finally understands what all the fuzz has been about these past 20 years. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4311662/leonardo-dicaprio-selfie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4311662/leonardo-dicaprio-selfie/"},"headline":"Leonardo DiCaprio Admiring His Own Selfie Is the Best Thing You'll See All Day","datePublished":"2016-04-28T21:23:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:57.748Z","description":"He really is the king of the world","url":"https://time.com/4311662/leonardo-dicaprio-selfie/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","viral","Leonardo DiCaprio"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4311662/leonardo-dicaprio-selfie/","name":"Leonardo DiCaprio Admiring His Own Selfie Is the Best Thing You'll See All Day"}}]}] ```